Gene Tunney

Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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A concave chest means that your diaphragm is sagging. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in dodging a blow than in striking one. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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